Friday, June 3rd, 15.30 – 18.30, at Università di Verona, Room 1.3
Abstract:
My paper is about the relationship between contemporary art, as addressed from a feminist perspective, and violence. I think that the way in which we feel and perceive our bodies and the bodies of the others can be a big opportunity for discussion about violence and non-violence as well. I think that many artists with their works elaborate a critic of justifiability of violence, its unavoidability and its “naturalness”. For example Adel Abdessemed, Tania Bruguera, Regina José Galindo, Alfredo Jaar, Doris Salcedo, Kara Walker. The artists tell us about the time we live in, they narrate a reality made by violence and analyze the conflicts caused by differences in gender, religion, social and geographic origin, using a direct language. I think and I will try to demonstrate, that these works are the first necessary step towards concrete change. Artists put violence and its relationship with politics on the stage through their performances and works revealing, with their bodies, that “the human” is defined by her/his vulnerability. This is an estranged vision and a form of social activism that implements the viewpoint of non-violence.
